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St Catherine Street, Jail Walls, Banff

Description: St Catherine Street, Jail Walls

Category: C(S)
Date Listed: 15 March 1995
Historic Scotland Building ID: 22104

OS Grid Coordinates: 368714, 864323
Latitude/Longitude: 57.6677, -2.5261

Location: St Catherine Street, Banff, Aberdeenshire AB45 1ED

Locality: Banff
County: Aberdeenshire
Country: Scotland
Postcode: AB45 1ED

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Listing Text

Early to mid l9th century. High coped rubble wall fronting St Catherine Street terminating as rectangular 2-stage angle tower at corner of Reidhaven Street. Similar tower fronts Reidhaven Street with length of rear wall parallel to St Catherine Street.
Each rubble tower with tooled ashlar margins and dressings; 2 stages with dummy slits and crenellated wallheads.

Notes:
Jail demolished and site infilled by fire station and petrol filling station, neither included in listing.

Source: Historic Scotland

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence: PSI Click-use licence number C2008002006.



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